"The deputy who initiated the traffic stop took the unusual measure of speaking with Mrs. Jenkins' family member twice during her processing to assure him she was not in danger and was being well cared for,” he said.

Jenkins said the deputy even tried to help her during one of the sobriety tests.

“He said, ‘I'm going to help you.’ He was afraid I was going to fall. He says, ‘I'm going to stand right here by you, because I feel that you're going to fall,’” Jenkins said.

"Especially being elderly, taking that into consideration. I mean, like she said, she couldn’t walk the straight line. She can’t do it today,” Yazbeck said.

Yazbeck said Jenkins never should have been arrested in the first place.

With the incident playing out on social media, her attorney said Jenkins faces the stigma of DWI.

“It's out there, and it's out there potentially forever,” Yazbeck said.

“It's everywhere. ‘Ernestine Jenkins has a DWI.’ That's an awful blow for a woman my age,” she said.

Now, Jenkins said she is determined to prove her innocence.

Strain said a drug test sample was obtained from Jenkins and it will be analyzed in certified lab.

Strain maintains that she was treated fairly and with compassion during her arrest.